clgusk
10-07-2008, 01:44 PM
I am new to MP and have spent a lot of time creating some slides in powerpoint. The measurement of the slide is 11.25 x 8.75 (which is the same as the pages in the classic book). I recently moved my slides into my photobook and have a red line around my photos. Apparently the slides are 1080 x 840 with a dpi of 96. This did not make me happy after all of the hard work and time that i have put into creating several slides. I figured that since the sizes were the same everything would have transferred without a problem. I have read many threads/posts about this and I think I'm confusing myself. I was hoping that some wonderful person would help me out and answer my questions.
1. I now see that the resolution isn't high enough. It appears that the easiest way around this is to make the slides 33.75" W and 26.25" H so that my resolution will increase when i place the slide into MP. Is this how most people who use PP do it? And will this work?
2. And once I transfer the slide into MP will it automatically shrink it to the dimensions of the page in MP?
3. Initially when i was making my slides in PP i wasn't accounting for a margin because I figured it wouldn't matter because my slides are the same size as the book. In reading some of the threads I read some talk of people using margins. Should I make a margin on my power point slide or at least account for a margin on the slides? how much of a margin should i account for?
4. As far as the binding goes, should I just move everything over a 1/2" to account for the binding?
Please help. I'm really looking forward to doing my book, but am now very frustrated!
1. I now see that the resolution isn't high enough. It appears that the easiest way around this is to make the slides 33.75" W and 26.25" H so that my resolution will increase when i place the slide into MP. Is this how most people who use PP do it? And will this work?
2. And once I transfer the slide into MP will it automatically shrink it to the dimensions of the page in MP?
3. Initially when i was making my slides in PP i wasn't accounting for a margin because I figured it wouldn't matter because my slides are the same size as the book. In reading some of the threads I read some talk of people using margins. Should I make a margin on my power point slide or at least account for a margin on the slides? how much of a margin should i account for?
4. As far as the binding goes, should I just move everything over a 1/2" to account for the binding?
Please help. I'm really looking forward to doing my book, but am now very frustrated!